Diablo 4 Should Bring Back Spells Not Seen Since The First Game

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Despite being revealed at BlizzCon 2019, players are yet to see what the latest entry in the Diablo series is all about. Blizzard Entertainment hasn't announced a release date yet for the much-anticipated Diablo 4, but it has confirmed that fans won't see it in 2022. Despite the murky details around its launch, Blizzard has stoked the hype with teased details around Diablo 4's classes, PvP elements, and dungeon improvements. Over the game's long development period, the developer has been fairly generous with information, including details about the game's story, setting, and mechanics.

With so many bits of information to pore over, players have been able to compare what they think Diablo 4 will be with the previous games in the series, contrasting the upcoming title's systems with its predecessors and speculating which features the newer game will improve upon. One fan-favorite aspect of previous Diablo games has been the spells, and there are one or two that gamers would like to see make a return appearance in Blizzard's newest dungeon crawler action RPG.

How Diablo 4 is Improving Dungeons Over Past Games

Spells have been a big part of all the Diablo games, becoming integral parts of the combat in later titles particularly. The first game in the series was a little different, as even though all classes could utilize spells, the heavy mana toll and extensive magic restrictions on all classes other than the Sorcerer meant that players relied more on melee attacks. In the subsequent Diablo games, magic saw much more use, setting the first title apart from its follow-up games. Some spells in Diablo were locked into certain class types as well, further restricting who could use what.

While Diablo had many different spells for